Business Chief USA August 2020

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“We are really focused on
supporting our customers
in their enterprise journey,
and a crucial aspect of
that is not only focusing
on what they need today,
but what they’ll absolutely
need tomorrow”
—
Chris Sharp,
Chief Technology Officer, Executive Vice
President and Service Innovation
The pace at which the global digital
economy has evolved has changed the
way enterprises in every sector create
and deliver value. Now more than ever
data, technology and an effective IT
strategy are essential to enterprises.
Equally so, is operating on demand,
ubiquitously and in a manner that is
augmented by real-time intelligence
at every point of business globally.
Yet, with that growth comes challenges.
For example, as data creation and
consumption rises, so too does the
need for effective tools, networks and
infrastructures to access and analyse
it. This creates data gravity – a point
that many enterprises reach as they
scale in a digital environment.
THE GLOBAL DATA TRANSFORMATION
Sharp is a seasoned technology leader,
with more than 20 years’ experience
and a proven track record of evolving
businesses to meet the most complex
and demanding technology trends.
From the countless enterprise organisations
that he and Digital Realty work
with, he identifies an overarching trend
driving change: as enterprises scale,
they deploy globally and need access
AUGUST 2020